1 John 4:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows that we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

Cross References

John 13:34

But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you.

John 17:3

Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But God has no doubts about who loves him.

2 Corinthians 4:6

The Scriptures say, “God commanded light to shine in the dark.” Now God is shining in our hearts to let you know that his glory is seen in Jesus Christ.

Galatians 4:9

But now you know God, or better still, God knows you. How can you turn back and become the slaves of those weak and pitiful powers?

Galatians 5:22

God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,

Deuteronomy 30:6

You and your descendants are stubborn, but the LORD will make you willing to obey him and love him with all your heart and soul, and you will enjoy a long life.

2 Timothy 1:7

God's Spirit doesn't make cowards out of us. The Spirit gives us power, love, and self-control.

1 Peter 1:22

You obeyed the truth, and your souls were made pure. Now you sincerely love each other. But you must keep on loving with all your heart.

1 John 2:10

But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don't cause problems for them.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ always does right and that everyone who does right is a child of God.

1 John 2:3

When we obey God, we are sure that we know him.

1 John 2:4

But if we claim to know him and don't obey him, we are lying and the truth isn't in our hearts.

1 John 2:7

My dear friends, I am not writing to give you a new commandment. It is the same one that you were first given, and it is the message you heard.

1 John 3:9

God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so that they cannot keep on sinning.

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.

1 John 4:16

and are sure that God loves us. God is love. If we keep on loving others, we will stay united in our hearts with God, and he will stay united with us.

1 John 4:20

But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

1 John 4:8

God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.

1 John 5:1

If we believe that Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.

2 John 1:5

Dear friend, I am not writing to tell you and your children to do something you have not done before. I am writing to tell you to love each other, which is the first thing you were told to do.